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Hannah LaClaire
Staff Writer
Hannah LaClaire is a business reporter at the Portland Press Herald, covering Maine’s housing crisis, real estate and development, entrepreneurship, the state's cannabis industry and a little bit of everything else. Before joining the Press Herald in 2021, Hannah covered the town of Brunswick for The Times Record. In her free time, she enjoys reading, running and weekends up at camp. She lives in Springvale with her husband and daughter, their dog and two tuxedo cats.
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Is Sanford the next Biddeford? City readies for renaissance
A $50 million mill renovation is just the latest investment launching the beleaguered York County municipality as Maine’s next destination city.
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Maine housing market stuck on falling sales, rising prices
It’s the same old song and dance as a tight inventory slows sales and pushes some prices up.
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Close to half of Maine’s medical cannabis may contain pesticides, mold, officials say
Of 127 samples tested, 57 – or about 45% – would have failed the standards for the recreational-use market, meaning they contained at least one banned material or substance.
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Changes are coming to Maine’s $300 million medical cannabis industry
Medical cannabis growers could face increased regulations as adult-use sales start to match medical.
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What’s in the pipeline to help Maine workers with children
A bill sponsored by Sen. Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, and signed by Gov. Janet Mills devotes about $60 million to Maine’s child care system over the next two years.
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Maine employers step up to relieve child care pressures on working parents
Finding ways to make child care more affordable and accessible is a strategy Maine businesses hope will help them find and keep employees.
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Maine’s adult-use cannabis industry in full bloom
Sales continue to break records with August alone topping $21 million.
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Maine utility ballot question likely to be tied up in court for years
An analysis by the state’s public advocate presents information, but few conclusions, about November’s utility referendum.
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Maine cannabis regulators consider new rules to expand consumer access
The agency regulating the sale of adult-use cannabis in Maine is proposing a new set of rules designed to increase consumer access. The changes, which come amid record-breaking sales, are primarily based on two bills passed in the Legislature this year: one intended to reduce the stigma around cannabis and another to correct an oversight […]